Originally Posted By: jford
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Oh, and let's not forget Microsoft Bob.


And speaking of Bob, what about Clippy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Assistant

As far as a subscription service for Win10 is concerned, although I won't write that off as impossible, right now I think improbable.

I think like OSX, Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, and so many other apps, MS is going to make their money by collecting information from you and selling it to people who target ads to you. I call that voluntary spyware.

MS is also making from what I understand very fine hardware. Another source of revenue.

I think if MS went with a subscription service, or started charging for updates again, too many people would flock to Mac, Chrome or Linux - depending on their needs.

I have no experience with Chrome or Linus but some with Mac. I don't find Mac any better than Windows. I like some things about each OS a little better than other things, but it's really no big deal.

I do know that Macs crash about as often as Win computers do, and it's often the fault of the apps/drivers run on them.

What know the most is that Mac things are harder to find and often cost more money than Win things.

The fact that Mac people do things like non-standard lightning ports instead of USB or whatever they can to keep you in the Mac clan rather than going standard strikes me as a loss of freedom or a great inconvenience if I decide to switch. Even the first Macs required a special tool to open the case so that a non-Mac tech couldn't get in there. As a musician, I like standards.

And if for any reason on the gig, both my main computer and my spare go belly up, I can go to any department store, buy a Windows laptop, and use the duplicate data on my USB Flash drive to get the show up and running again.

In fact I did that once. My laptop screen died, the tech said it would take a week so I bought a $300 el-cheapo, underpowered, last-year's model computer as a spare. The screen (under warranty) came in the next day. I never needed the spare, but I take it out and test it from time to time.

The OS is just a tool. Right now Windows is the most convenient tool for me to use, and I don't see anything significantly better to make me want to abandon it. So monopoly or not, I'm primarily Windows. But since USB and MIDI are universal, and all my synths are hardware and not OS dependent, if something happens that make me want to switch, I'll be able to do it with little problem.

I'm not a fanboy or cult member.

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